5053  1930s - Argentine musicians in Russia?

Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:39:19 -0600
From: Nina Pesochinsky <nina@earthnet.net>
Subject: [Tango-L] 1930s - Argentine musicians in Russia?
To: TANGO-L@MIT.EDU

Dear dancers and musicians,

Does anyone know anything about Argentine tango musicians possibly
travelling to Russia and actually recording therein the 1930s or so?

There is a recording of Russian tangos (not Leshenko) by an orchestra
that I swear had both Russian and Argentine musicians. I was told by
my parents that one of those tangos is called "Splashes of Champaign"
(Not the same tango as "Champaign Tango" recorded by Canaro in 1938).

Grisha (Gregory Nisnevich, the amazing guitarist that plays with
Julio and Corina, who is on this list as well) said that to record in
Russia during the Stalin's era the musicians had to be considered to
be something very special. NOBODY was recording at that time, and yet
we have these gems of recordings. If some of these musicians were
Argentine, then it would make sense that the music was considered to
be special to be recorded.

Does anyone know anything about this?

Warmest regards,

Nina

Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:29:46 -0700
From: "Igor Polk" <ipolk@virtuar.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] 1930s - Argentine musicians in Russia?
To: <TANGO-L@MIT.EDU>

Nina,
Tango was the most popular dance in Europe from 1920 till 1950 and longer.
my uncle danced tango every weekend in 1950-1955 at parties at their house.
I know a woman who remembered dancing tango in Paris in 1944-1946. I knew a
man who danced tango in Ireland in 1920s 5 days a week !

I know that there was a lot of records of German, French, Polish, Russian
orchestras with good tangos. It seems to me Argentinean records got their
way to the European dance parties either. I have no idea that some of the
musicians were from Argentina. Probably not after 1930. Before - yes - even
Canaro was in Paris, right?

Where are those records
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just a handful remained.

Does anyone know about video of tango dance of the period 1910-1930
????????? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, it seems to me the music was slightly different ( reminding of salon
Argentine Tangos of 1920s period ) and the dancing was probably different
either. But only videos could tell more about it.

How about America? Armstrong introduced a little of Tango in one of his
earlier pieces. He wouldn't do it if it would be popular at some period
there.

Does anyone knows about other american tango records?

Igor Polk